Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-06
synon,i, of the Amended School Law.

Synopsis of the Amended Sehooi Aa"'
 The CITIZEN is indebted to Hon. Carlos TuIiy for the following Of the amended school law:
 The following amendments were made to school law of 1885:
 Sec. 3-SubdivisIon 3rd was amended by adding to 1t the following: ITO yIded no change of text books snail pc considered or made by the territorlAi board of education except at its regular meeting or at some special meeting thereof, held for that purpose, and mo- tice of such intention shall be commu- ted to the secretary of said board m writing to each county school superin- teudent At Ieasf 60 das- prior to tune oi holding .1eh meeting; and provided fur- liner tnst Iu cities of over two thousand inhabl,An,s. the board or school trus- fees. in couiuuct,on with the principal n, puSlic school of the district may se- Iect text books other than those adopted Inv the territorial board of education.
 The 9th subdivision of section l9 wGs stricken out as that under the present law the superintendent or puolc m struction Is not required to Vlsit the uli 1 ITTE0t NOuDIlNN lu lut
 Section 22 as amended, provides mat | Tn counties where the dutles oi pro bate judge are performed by the ludge of any other court, the Judge oi sucn | other court, shall be eK-ofhcio county school superintendent.
 Subdivision 3rd of Sec. 23. was strick- en out. SO that county school superinten- dents are not now required to visit each school m their respective counties Under same section, county school superintendents are required to send mo- ;ice m writing to the school trustees ID their respective counties of the amount placed to their credit at each appoint ment.
 Under Sec. 23. subdivision l2th, coun ty school superintendents are required to notify immediately the board oi school trustees of the several districts of their respective counties upon the re, ceipt of notice from the territorial board of education of any meeting to bs held by them for the purpose of examining or inauirIDg into the expediency of a change of text books as provided Tn 3-d subdivision of section three (3).
 The salary of county school superin- tendent is at present $500 per snnum Under the new law, county school super intendents are required to hold at less' one teachers institute annually. when ever the number of school districts m any county IS ten or more.
 | Schoo! teachers are not permitted tc serve in the county board Of examiners . Under section 30 the three schoo trustees elected on the last Saturday oI the present year were required 10 deter mIne among themselves which of thS three shall serve for one year, which ont for two years and which cne for three years from the first Saturday in July 1887. After the present year one trusted will be elected annually who shall holc office for three years from the hrst Sat urdsy in July. Sec. @ remains in force throughout the territory, by which every person male or female cf 2l years or over who has been a resident of the district fol % days immediately preceding the day | of election, and who IS the parent ol guardian ot "A child of school age resid ug m the district, or who paid terri torial or county school tax during tht preceding year can vote or be voted To | at aay school district election.
 Under tte provisions of Sec. OS tdie maximum amounts of teschers salaries are fixed at 290 to tesaiers holding sec Ond grade certificates and Sl25 to teach -.kJiaing first grade certificates. | territorial certificates and diplomas of whatever grade shall be considered Hs first grade certificates for the purposes of this section. Under subdivision 18th | of Sec jS. only persons possessing the ] qualifications set forth iu Sec 55 can ! vote ht meetings called by boards of trustees for purposes mentioned m said Sec B
 Under Sec. @, as amended, the board Of supervisors ID each county must levy a tax of not less than fifty nor more than !! eighty cents on each one hundred dol lars valuation of taxable property to meet the minimum amount estimated by the county school superintendent.
 Sec l04 was amended 90 as 10 author ize the boards of school trustees located distance of twenty miles or more to em- | ploy R responsible and competent per son to act as treasurer in receiving and properly disbursing the funds collected and turned over to him from any school tax, as provided in sRld Sec. l0i.
 Sec. 106 was amended by allowing one teacher for every fifty census children or fraction thereof, not less than fifteen census children ss shown b tEe pfeced- l school ecIsus and experiencing the sum of $500 to each district for every teacher assigned it; provided that to districts having ten and less than fifteen census children there shall be apportioned Si00, snd to districts of five and under ten census children there shall be sp- portioned S250. All school monies re- maining on hand after apportioDing S59O to each district having fifteen census children or more for every teacher as- sIgDed 1t. and after spportioDing S4OO to districts having less than fifteen census children must be spportioued to the sev- 1 sral districts in proportion to the num- Der of census children in each such dis trict
 | Under Sec. I0S ss amended, the school money remaining 10 the credit of school districts at the close of the school year shall be retained to the credit of said distrio, for the ensuing year. unless i, be shown that the school census was | fraudulently taken. or that there IS any other census which will show that sad district is nor entitled to such credit.